Perez Hilton Under Fire for Miley Cyrus Upskirt Photo

In the daily grind of being Perez Hilton, posting upskirt photos of celebrities is a fairly common task that probably gets little editorial scrutiny. When one of said celebrities is 17-year-old Miley Cyrus, however, lots of serious legal implications regarding child pornography become involved -- as the infamous blogger is now finding out. Hilton posted a photo of Cyrus, apparently sans underwear, and now some are speculating he may find himself in jail thanks to the photo post.

Hilton -- whose real name is Mario Lavandeira -- posted the photo, said to be of Cyrus climbing out of a car in a dress and wearing no underwear, to his Twitter on Monday with the warning: "If you are easily offended, do NOT click here ... Oh, Miley! Warning: truly not for the easily offended!" The firestorm started shortly after.

At 17, Cyrus is still considered a minor, and the posting of the photo could legally constitute child pornography. Though Hilton pulled the photo down from his server, it was there long enough for many sites to take screengrabs of it. (Editor's Note: You will not find the photo on PopEater, now or ever.)

Salon.com's Tracy Clark-Flory quickly investigated the legal consequences, and the experts Salon spoke with say Hilton could be facing some massive legal woes.

"We're not talking about a misdemeanor. You don't have to know what the definition of the law is, all you have to do is knowingly distribute the photograph," Los Angeles-based attorney Jeffrey Douglas -- a child pornography case specialist -- told Salon. He went on to call Hilton's decision to post the photo "suicidal."

While some are asserting that the photo was doctored to falsely portray Cyrus as not wearing underwear, experts insist it likely won't matter. Whether she was or wasn't, the photo that Hilton posted would still fall under child pornography laws.

"That is still a crime and it is punishable just the same," Douglas told Salon.

Salon asserts that if an attorney is so inclined to go after Hilton, "he could be prosecuted on the state or federal level -- or both -- with a conviction potentially resulting in a 15 year sentence and lifetime registration as a sex offender."

Funny but when that photo of her kissing the other woman during one of her concerts materialized a couple of weeks ago my response was that she was just priming us for the "oops I forgot my panties and got photographed stepping out of the limo with my legs wide open" picture. I am just surprised that she did the two things so close together. I would bet that since Perez is OBVIOUSLY gay she didn't feel threatened by him and since they are friends, she asked him to take that picture and put it out on the internet. This little girl is an out of control MESS. Her "parents" ought to be ashamed of themselves for allowing her to be in control of their household. I guess that is what happens when children are the bread winners in a family and so the parents are willing to let them do whatever their undeveloped, naive, immature brains tell them to do on the spur of the moment. Watch out folks.....sex video is next....you heard it here first!

I am not a fan of either of these two. Perez went to far in posting the pic ..... she is still a minor. And Miley should know better than to go without her undergarments, She is a Lindsey Lohan in training. Her parents missed a perfect opportunity to raise a proper young lady. She is a trian wreck waiting to happen shortly after her 18th birthday. After the pics of her grinding on some 40 yr old man, her dad's cpmment was "that's what kids do these days?" Someone should have slapped some sense in to Billy Ray, then locked Miley up till she was 18.

As much as I can't stand Perez, I'm going to stand neutral ground here and state, if they go after Perez for child pornography, they should go after Miley for indecent exposure....so tired of the bald beaver popping up all over Hollywood. It wasn't cool when Britney, Paris, and Lindsey did it, and it's still just as nasty with Miley doing it.

This guy will be around as long as the main stream media keeps kissing up to him. He regularly appears on the view, talk shows, entertainment shows etc. They treat him like a celebrity when in reality he is nothing but a boring tart.

this is child porn! as the mother of 3 daughters if anyone posted a picture up the skirt of any of my daughters weather they had underwear on or not would not matter it would still be considered unacceptable. This guy is a IDIOT and even if Miley sent him the picture he still should have had the sense to know better then to put it on line. He is so hell bent on making celebrity lives hell now he should get a taste of his own medicine.

Some actual thought should have gone into Perez' posting of those pics as this IS actual ground for child pornography charges - although we all know Perez is not using them for that purpose (rainbow triangles and all). I love how so many people lied and said they never read his blog. Yeah right, never.

If you want to run with the big dogs, you need to expect this type of thing. If Miley Cyrus wants to act like an adult, she will get the same scrutiny and press as an adult. Where were her parents and "wranglers" when she was pole dancing on stage? Probably the same place they were when she left the house without undies--at the bank cashing their paychecks.

there are people saying that she should watch how she dresses because she gets photographed all of the time. The funny thing is, she's not constantly getting upskirt photographs taken. Should she have dressed more "appropriately"? Sure. But one thing that's certain is that this low-life, famous for being a big ugly pig with no real friends should be thrown in jail, because as stated by others, it is child porn

Grabted Mr. Hilton is not a shining example of taste and decorum; however, what about the idiot who took the photo??? Also, Ms. Cyrus, she may be only 17 but, she chooses to act as if she is an adult, which leaves her open to some scrutiny. More importantly why on earth would you go out in public without underwear!!!!!!

I would like to see jail time given to Hilton. He has put so much cruelty, negativity and questionable morality into the world. I keep hoping that something would happen to make him change, but he never has his Scrooge/Grinch moment. His heart never grows any bigger. Despite the fact that I don't support violence, I did hope that maybe the incident with Black Eyed Peas and their manager would "scare him" into realizing that there may be consequences to treating humans so cruelly. That never happened so maybe a little trip to the slammer might temper his aggressive negativity.

the girl is an attention hog. She chose not to wear underwear, just like Britney, Lindsay and Paris. She wants the attention. on the other hand. there is no need to publish those kind of photos of anyone.

This is the 3rd time she has had a photo taken with her legs apart. The other two that are on line she did have panties on. As for this one why was she getting in a car in that manner. She had to know what would be exposed. It's almost like she planned it.